The Republican-controlled House approved a $585 billion defense policy bill that grants President Barack Obama the authority to expand the U.S. military campaign against Islamic militants in Iraq and Syria despite misgivings about a new American...

The city of Chillicothe is in the final stages of removing 21 dilapidated houses, the last of the first wave of 41 house demolitions made possible through a $125,000 Community Development Block Grant that was awarded to the city.